Ohio Invalidates Presidential Primary Paperwork for Bill Weld and John Delaney

Posted on by January 7, 2020
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The Ohio Secretary of State’s web page has this list of presidential primary candidates, and also an explanation that Bill Weld was removed from the Republican ballot, and John Delaney was removed from the Democratic ballot, because of paperwork errors. The Ohio Secretary of State had previously removed Andrew Yang from the Democratic ballot for paperwork errors.

In no other state have so many major party presidential candidates approved by their parties been kept off the ballot.

The Ohio Republican presidential primary ballot will only list President Donald Trump. The Democratic ballot will list eleven candidates: Bennet, Biden, Bloomberg, Booker, Buttigieg, Gabbard, Klobuchar, Patrick, Sanders, Steyer, and Warren.

Illlinois Ballot Access Hearing in Seventh Circuit Goes Well

Posted on by January 7, 2020
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On January 7, the Seventh Circuit heard oral argument in Gill v Scholz, 19-1125. The three judges are Michael Brennan, Michael Scudder, and Amy J. St. Eve. The issue is the petition requirement for independent candidates for U.S. House, 5% of the last vote cast. The hearing went well for the plaintiff-candidate, Dr. David Gill. UPDATE: here is a link to the oral argument, which lasts 32 minutes. Thanks to Sam Cahnman for the link. Choose the Gill case, which is at the top.